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State police divers prepare to search for body of Jamie Lusher

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07.16.2013 | BECKET -- Members of Jamie Lusher's family gather near the bank of Greenwater Pond. State police divers from Massachusetts and New York began a search in Greenwater Pond for the body of James "Jamie" Lusher, who disappeared in 1992. Law enforcement officials on Monday announced that convicted murderer Lewis S. Lent Jr. admitted to killing Lusher, telling investigators he left the boy's body in the pond.
(Photo by John Suchocki / The Republican)

Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said 18 divers were prepared to use five boats to search the pond along the west side of Route 20. The initial search would focus on the midpoint of the pond, where Lusher is believed to have been put into the water.

Procopio said plans are to search the pond for at least three days and, if need be, on the divers' free days after that. He said the task of finding Lusher's remains is complicated by the fact that the pond is 88 acres and 58 feet at its deepest.

"There's a lot of sediment on the bottom, which complicates things," Procopio said.

Plans Tuesday were to continue the search until 2 p.m.

The Massachusetts Environmental Police gave their assistance and began putting boats in the water at about 8:30 a.m.

Procopio said two of the boats were equipped with sonar to search the bottom of the pond. Divers would do a line search of that lake floor in rotating teams.

After so many years divers are looking for “bones, clothes, shoes, anything that looks out of the ordinary,” he said. They are looking to provide closure to the family.